The Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture (CPA) feature links together multiple Horizon pods to form a single, large desktop and application brokering and management environment called a pod federation. A pod federation can span multiple sites and data centers.

While CPA is outside the scope of this lab, note that WS1 Access can be integrated with both single Horizon pods as well as CPA pod federations.

To integrate Horizon pods in WS1 Access, you create one or more virtual apps collections in the WS1 Access administration console. The collections contain the configuration information for the Horizon Connection Servers as well as sync settings.

1. Open a New Tab in the Chrome browser.

1. Select WS1 from the shortcut menu
2. Select VIDM-01 Admin

1. Click the drop-down menu to select a domain
2. Select System Domain
3. Clear the checkbox for Remember this setting
4. Select Next

The System Directory is a local directory that is automatically created in the service when WS1 Access is initially set up. This directory has the domain System Domain. You cannot change the name or domain of the System Directory, or add new domains to it. Nor can you delete the System Directory or the System Domain.

The local administrator user that is created when you first set up the WS1 Access appliance is created in the System Domain of the System Directory.

The System Directory is typically used to set up a few local administrator users to manage the service. In the following step you will authenticate with a local administrator account called admin.

1. username = admin
2. password = VMware1!
3. Select Sign in

You can integrate Horizon desktops and applications, Horizon Cloud desktops and applications, Citrix published resources, and ThinApp applications with WS1 Access.